Helochelys is an extinct genus of stem turtle known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southern Germany.[1][2][3][4]

Helochelys
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Helochelydridae
Genus: Helochelys
von Meyer, 1854
Type species
Helochelys danubina
von Meyer, 1854

References

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  1. ^ H. von Meyer. 1854. Mittheilung, an Professor Bronn gerichtet. Neues Jahrbuch fu?r Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1854:575-581
  2. ^ W. G. Joyce, S. D. Chapman, R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker. 2011. The skull of the solemydid turtle Helochelydra nopcsai from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (UK) and a review of Solemydidae. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:75-97.
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Helochelys". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Helochelys Meyer, 1854". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-01-31.